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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gets thrown on Frieda and K.?
(a) A rug.
(b) Their clothes.
(c) A bucket of water.
(d) A sheet.

2. Who does K. meet and ask questions about the Castle?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A stonemason.
(d) A cartographer.

3. When K. returns to the inn after meeting with the chairman, what does the landlord ask him?
(a) Whether he is satisfied with his treatment at the inn.
(b) Whether he has found a new place to stay.
(c) Whether he has gotten to see Klamm.
(d) Whether he has had anything to eat.

4. What is the attitude of the people in the house toward K.?
(a) They are very pleased to welcome and feed K.
(b) They are scared to have K. in the house.
(c) They are pleased to have K., but have no extra room, money, or food.
(d) They are not happy about taking him into their house.

5. Where are K. and his assistants living at the beginning of Chapter XI?
(a) The school dormitory.
(b) The school basement.
(c) The school gymnasium.
(d) The school office.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does K. try to get out of the conversation with Frieda's mother?

2. What photo does the landlady show K.?

3. Who does K. say is the only person with authority to fire him?

4. Why does K. step into a house on the way to the Castle?

5. What does K. hope to ask Klamm for, when he meets with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Castle react to inquiries about K. when he first arrives?

2. What reason does K. give for refusing to let the assistants come back?

3. What does K. call Artur and Jeremias and why?

4. What happens between K. and the assistants after Frieda gets up in the middle of the night at the school?

5. How does K. feel when he goes to see the village chairman?

6. How does K. feel in the village?

7. How does K. feel at the end of Chapter VIII?

8. What reason does the teacher give that the chairman wants to help K.?

9. What does the coachman tell K. about Klamm's arrival at the coach?

10. What does Klamm write about K.'s assistants, and how does this compare to the reality of K.'s assistants' roles?

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